Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition Directorate Department of Defense, Office of Strategic Capital Credit & Risk Solutions commercial off-the-shelf software

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE – THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT’S INTENT TO ISSUE A BRAND NAME ONLY CONTRACT TO S&P GLOBAL MARKET INTELLIGENCE LLC FOR CAPITAL IQ AND CREDIT & RISK SOLUTIONS COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF (COTS) SOFTWARE.

The Department of Defense (DoD), Washington Headquarters Services, Acquisition Directorate (WHS/AD), intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract for Brand Name Only Capital IQ and Credit & Risk Solutions commercial off-the-shelf software, to S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC, 55 Water ST FL 40, New York, New York 10041-0004, in order to  provide commercial off-the-shelf software licenses for a web-based research platform that provides provide for software licenses for Capital IQ & Pro Bundle, Credit Analytics & Capital IQ Lite, Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) model, RatingsDirect, and the 3-Sector Bundle of Scorecards.

The S&P Capital IQ & Pro Bundle software includes a web-based research platform that provides data and insight on 50 million+ public and private companies globally. The S&P Capital IQ & Pro Bundle allows DoD OSC users to gain a 360-degree view of a company’s financial performance, corporate hierarchy, ownership structure, transaction history, key developments and more. The S&P Capital IQ & Pro Bundle includes a screening tool to identify potential targets or peers in specific industries/markets, and the software provides an Excel plugin to create financial models that automatically update.

The S&P Credit Analytics & Capital IQ Lite software provides a suite of quantitative-based statistical risk rating models that analyze historical financials, equity market signals, industry risk factors and more to calculate credit scores (letter grade rating, PD, LGD) for both public and private companies. Credit Analytics software models can be segmented into three major pillars: 1) Probability of Default/Credit Scoring models, 2) Loss/Recovery Given Default and 3) Estimates Credit Loss Models, and Macro Scenario Forecast Models.

The S&P CECL software model enables execution of the Financial Accounting Standard Board’s mandate to move away from incurred loss models and towards allowance calculations that factor in current expectations of future credit losses. The CECL software model will facilitate DoD OSC’s implementation of CECL within its federal credit program by providing access to a robust loss estimation approach, credit risk models, and data on defaults, recoveries, and ratings migration.

The S&P RatingsDirect software application will provide DoD OSC users access to S&P Global credit ratings, research, and credit-adjusted financial statements. The software licenses include direct access to S&P Ratings analysts for additional insight on specific issuers or industries.

The S&P 3-Sector Bundle of Scorecards provide expert judgement-based risk scoring software models that are developed using S&P Global Ratings proven methodology and framework. The S&P 3-Sector Bundle of Scorecards combine qualitative and quantitative factors to produce credit scores for use by the DoD OSC team. The S&P 3-Sector Bundle of Scorecards provide fully transparent, documented, and intuitive methodologies, with all factors, weights, and formulae visible and documented.

 The Period of Performance will be from 1 September 2024 through 31 August 2028. This procurement will be issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 13.106-1(b)(2).

This notice of intent is NOT a request for proposals or quotations. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by responding to this notice via email to the eric.u.darby.civ@mail.mil, with a file size less than 5MB, Subject Line: Response to NOI HQ003424X0213 no later than 05:00 pm EST, 23 August 2024. All information submitted should support the offerors capability to provide the services required and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government.

The Government reserves the right to cancel the Brand Name Only Award.